DVD Review: The Great Mouse Detective

For the fourth time, Walt Disney Home Entertainment is rereleasing its 26th feature-length, animated film, The Great Mouse Detective, only on DVD as the “newly restored,” digitally-mastered special Mystery in the Mist Edition. The question is…why?

Re: DVD Review: The Great Mouse Detective

Without a Blu-ray release, this does seem pointless as the new transfer appears to be one made from scratch using the original film reels (with title card lacking the 1992 reissue "The Adventures of" add on) with a different aspect ratio that shows more image on the sides and bottom, but slightly less at the top.

1.75:1 is probably the correct theatrical presentation, but 1.78:1 was likely chosen to match 16:9 displays.